Reddit said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission that its users’ posts are “a valuable source of conversation data and knowledge” that has been and will continue to be an important mechanism for training AI and large language models. The filing also states that the company believes “we are in the early stages of monetizing our user base,” and proceeds to say that it will continue to sell users’ content to companies that want to train LLMs and that it will also begin “increased use of artificial intelligence in our advertising solutions.”
On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Reddit has entered a contract with Google, which will license its content for $60 million a year in order to train Google’s AI models.
If selling all the data is early stages, I want to know what late stage monetization looks like. Pay a fee to get unbanned? Fines if the post gets down voted?
Karma microtransactions
already done and with crypto at that
Battle Pass maybe, since they already have subscription.
Pay to Win Reddit with micro transaction cosmetics?
I’ve never bothered with them, but aren’t there already? Additional stuff for your personal avatar?
Yes. And with collectible avatar saved on a block chain if I recall correctly.
Pay to have your comment or post be on top obviously.